[CS-FSLUG] NI: Why Websense's FUD doesn't add up

[Fred A. Miller]

Proof of WebSense's nonsense 

"Earlier this week, WebSense announced as fact that American businesses were 
losing more than $178 billion annually due to Internet misuse by employees 
when they're supposed to be working. WebSense came up with that number on its 
own and it's supposed to scare you into buying solutions that crackdown on 
employee usage of the Internet -- solutions that WebSense sells. After I 
asked in response whether it makes more sense to hold employees accountable 
for measurable performance goals rather than trying to spy on their Internet 
usage and accuse them of slacking off on the job ("cyberslacking"), one ZDNet 
reader asked for a breakdown of WebSense's calculation. If you think a vendor 
trying to make news with its own research is a little suspect, just wait 
until you see how WebSense arrived at the clearly deceptive $178B figure." 

http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1626&tag=nl.e539

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